Analysis: The Renisha Mcbride Trial

The case of Jonah v White (2012) 48 FAM LR 562 wishes to appeal the original decision of Murphy J, in which his Honour asserted that the appellant, (“Ms Jonah”) and the respondent (“Mr White”) had not been in a de-facto relationship in correspondence with the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”). The appeal is bought before May, Strickland and Ainslie-Wallace JJ in the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia in Brisbane. The case seeks to question and determine what constitutes a law-binding de-facto relationship.

Sandra Bland, Mike Brown, and Tamir Rice – these are just some of the names of the unarmed Black people whose lives were taken by police officers in the last year. The alarming rate at which young Black men and women are being killed is evidence that their lives are not held with high regard. Police brutality against young Black men and women has been perpetrated at alarming rates. Yet, we have not seen much, if any, consequences or responsibility taken by the policemen committing these crimes. Often times, the families of these young men and women who, because of their race, have been killed by police officers have not seen any justice, instead the names of their loved ones go from headlines to outdated hashtags. Not only do young Black men and women face the chance of being criminalized on the street, but also such targeting begins at a young age in institutions that are typically regarded as “safe places”, such as the classroom. We see evidence of this in the way students are racially profiled and in the growing number of protests that are currently being held on college campuses nationwide. While it may seem as though we live in a post racial society, since overt racism, such as legalized segregation, is a thing of the past, institutionalized racism, a system that distributes opportunities based on the racial hierarchy, still remains and is deeply rooted in our education system, which inhibits any potential academic success by restricting resources and criminalizing

Racism is still a very prominent issue in America today. Yes, it has improved from the days of slavery, and we do have a black president; but society is nowhere near equal, and that is not acceptable. White Privilege by Paula Rothenberg truly opened my eyes to the extent of the social injustice on African Americans. Just by being white, one is oppressing another race because the privilege and respect that comes with the skin color. Whether intentional or not, the racism is still there and present and that is not acceptable. Being white, I’ve never suffered from the repercussions of racism, but after reading and becoming more aware of the suffering of African American’s, it is significant to write and spread the knowledge about racism and especially implicit racism. Everyone is surrounded by racism on a daily basis, and it’s important to be aware of your actions and the effects they have on society.

Many famous individuals of color in our history have hoped to one day live in a nation without the feeling of a segregation between different ethnicities. Unfortunately, these hopes have still not come to fruition in our society today. The United States is still rocked by the idea that one pigment of color is superior to another. This discrimination is caused by a lack of education in our generation and an aversion to difference that has been passed down from our ancestors. Rick Wormeli in “Let’s Talk About Racism in Schools” argues “The violence among U.S. residents of different colors, cultures, religions, and political groups has heated to new levels. Social media may have exacerbated the divisive rhetoric and fanned the flames of hatred more than in past decades, but the intense distrust and contempt, and the inability to resolve these feelings in a civil manner, didn’t start with social media. They are the new normal for many.” (citation). The movie Crash, accurately depicts these problems that we have seen with racism in our country for the past hundred years and more abundantly today. In this essay, I will be discussing how the movie crash helps reveal the fact that racism is multicultural, how racism affects the crime rates in our younger generations, and how the nation can begin to heal from racism.

It has been many decades since the end of enslaving African-Americans in the United States of America and the laws – since then – have tried to impede discrimination of all kinds especially racial profiling. The debate of racism has never stopped even in January 20th, 2009 when the American nation elected its forty-fourth president of the United States who was the first African-American president in the entire American History. “Racism is over,” many people became very excited and delighted, “America had chosen a black man to lead the nation, there is no more racism.” However, a lot of undesired incidents that occurred after that in many states between white police officers and young African-American individuals have made this concept questionable that it might be tightly related and connected to racism, or in other words, racial bias. In his article “The New Threat: Racism without Racists,” This article was published on the official webpage of the CNN to target a group of people who do not believe that racism still exists, and that it is the main reason behind many crimes committed by police officers against minorities specially the incident of Ferguson, Missouri and the murder of Michael Brown the eighteen-year-old African-American. John Blake enumerates much evidence and quotes many researchers and activists in order to insist that racism has become more natural and impulsive rather than an intended behavior towards minorities. Moreover, this article might target other

In the 21st century, we still see African-Americans making less money, voting less, and being discriminated against by our own police. People around this nation, north or south, young or old, Black or White, men or women, need to look out for the racism in America, and spread the word about it. As R.M. Donaldson said, “Ignoring the evils of our history will only cause them to

Police shootings of African Americans have become frequent events in the US. This racist justice system poses a threat to all African Americans, but also to our society in general, and it's time we do something about it.

Have you been watching the news lately? What has taken place around the world? Have you heard about the death of Michael Brown and the Charleston shooting? Do you think African American has been targeted by policemen? How you feel about the African American response? Social network is racing with ridiculous stories of white on black crime.

Although it is nothing like the riots in Chicago years ago, racism is still common. Racism can be discreet, but hurtful. In the past few years, there have been many violent situations that have been considered racism. The shooting of Michael Brown, which caused riots very similar to the ones in Chicago. These riots that occurred in Missouri were scarily similar to the riots in the early 1900s. The destruction not only caused physical pain, but emotional pain as well. These actions made African Americans look like they did many years ago, and that is not the reality of the situation. This particular shooting was not the first, and probably not the last, that was driven by racism, or is said to be. Racism and segregation happen everyday. Is it ignored or simply overlooked because the foundation of our country is built upon this. As much as America has grown in racism, such as having an African American man as our president for many years now, there is still a lot of growing to be done. We, the people of the United States, need to look back on these mistakes, and the mistakes of others, and work to our best ability to change them and prevent them from ever happening again. America has come such a grand distance, and still has a long journey

It seems as if every day there is something on the news dealing with racial issues. Racism has been around for centuries and it does not seem to be disappearing anytime soon. During the past few months there has been a significant rise in racist acts specifically towards African Americans. From police brutality to white nationalist rallies there have been several acts of racism committed throughout the United States.

African Americans have been victims of racist and discriminatory practices since they were forcibly shipped to America in the 1600s (Chaney & Robertson, 2013). Racism is defined as a belief system that justifies the racial and ethnic inequality of minority members. Discrimination is a specific behavior aimed at denying persons of a particular race equal access to societal rewards. These two heinous attitudes and behaviors have been forcibly brought to the attention of the public by the media in scenarios of police brutality and unequal practices toward minority individuals; specifically African American men. Rodney King, Malice Green, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, and Walter Scott are all African American men that

In the United States the issues of race are a fragile issue. African American people have different treatments only because of their skin color. Nowadays in US this problem is shown mostly by the police, young African American men are treated differently only because their skin color, their culture and tradition. This issue did not start recently, but it was there from a long time ago. Starting from the slavery where the right of freedom did not exist for African Americans and until a not so distant past. The race problems were a serious issue, even now this issue is treated with special caution. African Americans are treated differently in a way or another, and this issue has its roots a long time ago, this treatment is often called “separate but equal”. If we look it in the social context this term means that a group of people (black people), is treated differently from others even though that, that group of people (black people), according to documents of human rights has access to public services and has all other legal rights as the other group (white people). To illustrate this with an example, in the late 1950s, African Americans did many protests against the “separate but equal” doctrine. The reason of this

Those of the minority community have been subjected, for many decades, to violence by those in law enforcement in the United States. This type of violence is a direct depiction of police brutality, which often leads to death. Police brutality has been an issue for many years, and it remains a major concern for those of the minority community. Over the past five centuries, black people have endured violence in many different ways. Today, police officers use deadly, excessive force that leads to inexcusable assaults, beatings and shootings.This demonstrates the government’s role in initiating and prolonging racial suppression and provides the explanation for police brutality to become a federal crime. In history, racist

It is no surprise that African Americans have been targeted more than whites all their life. Things aren’t being done about it. We are all supposed to be equal as human beings but that’s not the case right now and has never been. It’s really devastating seeing news headline after news headline about another African American who has been shot by authority.

For most of history African-Americans have been physically and mentally abused by others, but in the past decade people enforcing the law have left us speechless. Some police officers use their positions and privileges to treat black people unfairly. We have seen hundreds of cases of African-Americans getting arrested, shot, tortured, and killed for no valid reason.